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Cristiano Ronaldo was on Thursday named UEFA’s Men’s Player of the Year for 2016-17. The awards for the 2016-17 season, which culminated...

Cristiano Ronaldo was on Thursday named UEFA’s Men’s Player of the Year for 2016-17.The awards for the 2016-17 season, which culminated when Real Madrid beat Juventus in the Champions League final in Cardiff, were presented prior to the draw for this season’s tournament.Real Madrid and Portugal forward Ronaldo won the leading award after top-scoring in the Champions League for a fifth successive season. It was the third time in four seasons that Ronaldo had won the award, with Barcelona and Argentina’s Lionel Messi taking it in 2014-15. He was also named forward of the season.Goalkeeper of the season went to Gianluigi Buffon of runners-up Juventus, who, like Messi, had also been nominated for the main prize. Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos was named defender of the season and his team-mate Luka Modric claimed the midfielder award.The Women’s Player of the Year was Lieke Martens of Barcelona while Italian Francesco Totti, who retired in May after representing Roma throughout his career received the UEFA President’s Award from Aleksander Ceferin.In the secondary UEFA's club competition, Man Utd's Paul Pogba would pick up Europa League's first Best Player award. The French midfielder featured in all fifteen games scoring three goals as the Red Devils reigned victorious in the competition. Upon receiving the award, Pogba said "To be the first one to win the best player, hopefully this season will be as good as last season. Thank you so much"Man Utd are currently in the Champions League and were drawn into Group A alongside Benfica, Basel, and CSKA Moscow.